dmd platform support - poll

[David Ferenczi]

I second this.

Nick Sabalausky wrote:

> "Nick Sabalausky" <a at a.a> wrote in message
> news:gj1olu$1390$1 at digitalmars.com...
>> "Walter Bright" <newshound1 at digitalmars.com> wrote in message
>> news:gj0qht$2lc1$1 at digitalmars.com...
>>> What platforms for dmd would you be most interested in using?
>>>
>>> .net
>>> jvm
>>> mac osx 32 bit intel
>>> mac osx 64 bit intel
>>> linux 64 bit
>>> windows 64 bit
>>> freebsd 32 bit
>>> netbsd 32 bit
>>>
>>> other?
>>
>> - ARM7/ARM9
>> - Other misc microcontrollers, like Parallax's Propeller
>> - Mac osx 32 bit intel
>> - *maybe* bsd 32-bit, .net and jvm (and with .net and jvm I'd want to
>> still be able to use tango and phobos, and not be forced to switch to the
>> .net and jvm standard libs)
> 
> To elaborate:
> 
> 1. A "systems language" that doesn't compile to any embedded
> microcontroller seems more than a little bit silly to me. (Sad as it is to
> say, I don't think GDC counts anymore.)
> 
> 2. I have absolutely zero interest in 64-bit. To the people annoyed at the
> limitations of the 32-bit address space: What in the world are you working
> on? Non-linear video editors and 3D modeling packages?
> 
> I should also add near the top of my list, "the CPUs of all major game
> consoles". I think console game programmers are very much in need of a
> language that doesn't suck as horribly as C++, and D is the only one out
> there that doesn't contain fundamental deal-breakers for modern console
> game dev.